topiary cats

Sunday, September 30, 2012

My rat Alizarin passed on tonight. She
was really old. I had a feeling earlier today that she was dying...she
was acting slow (although still eating!) and she felt colder than
usual. Ali couldn't have had a better passing...she went peacefully,
painlessly, at home in her hammock with her friend there to soothe her,
after a really long and happy life. I will miss her; she was my special
Siamese Beauty Queen. I had always wanted a Siamese rat, and I adopted
her a couple of years ago at Ratfest.

Ali was extremely hyper,
addicted to her wheel and chocolate, she was the only rat that bit me
more than once, deliberately, although that stopped when she settled in and got comfy in her forever home.

I hope she is there at the Rainbow Bridge with Quinacridone who passed on in March.